Golf club



' Feb. 14; 1928.

1,659,274 A. c. LINK GOLF CLUB Filed Dec. 19, 1927 Fn'jj. Z INVENTOR ATTORNEY-S' ALBERT c. LINK, or nnrnorr,

PATENT OF ICE; I

MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE QA. rouNecoivrrnny, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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App1ication filed December 19, 1927. Serial No. 241,063.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a golf club in which the weight is set in a recessformed in the rear side of the head, its impact, however, beingdistributed so that the splitting action of the weight on the head isminimized.

Second, to provide a golf club in which the weight is so disposed as toprovide a well balanced club and at the same time can tering the impactin the striking face.

Objects relating to details and economles of my invention will appearfrom the detailed description to follow. The invention is defined andpointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, in which:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a golf club head embodying the features ofmy invention, the shank being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesect-ion on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4r is a detail vertical section on line i4 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 5 is an inside perspective view of the weight.

In the drawing similar reference char acters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views. 4

Referring to the drawing, the head 1 is, in the embodiment illustrated,formed of wood and is provided with a striking face designated generallybythe numeral 2, this striking face illustrated being that of myapplication for patent filed October 22, 1927, Serial No. 227,948,finally allowed November 21, 1927.

In the rear edge of the head I form a cruciform recess consisting of avertical portion 3 and a horizontal portion 4:, the branches of therecess being of a general V cross section, the walls 5 thereof beingoutwardly curved, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The bottoms of theserecesses are disposed in the same plane, the bottom of the horizontalbranch of the recess being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, thebottom of the vertical branch of the recess being indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 4:.

The weight designated generally by the numeral 6 is in general ofcruciform, the

horizontal arms 7 fitting in the horizontal branches of the recess whilethe vertical arms 8 fit in the vertical branches of the recess.

The inner walls 9 of the weight are inwardly curved to correspond to theoutwardly curvature of the walls of the recess and the inner edges 10 ofthe arms lie in the same vertical plane so that they correspond with thebottoms of the recess.

The weight is tapered from its center to the ends of its horizontal armsto conform to the curvature of the rear side of the head, the weight,when set in the head, comp1ementing the rear surface of the head.

By forming the walls of the recess with an outward curvature and theweight with a corresponding inwardcurvature the impact of the weight isdistributed throughout the walls rather than having a wedging ten de-ncyacting to deliver the blow to the inner edge of the weight which tendstosplit the head. I

Also, the weight may be firmly drawn into its recess by means of asingle screw, as 11, and is efiectively retained thereby as lateralmovement of the weight is prevented owing to its shape and the shape ofthe recess.

With the weight thus shaped and arranged, the bulk of the weight iscentered relative to the striking face of the club and its impact iscentered and does not tend to split the head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a golf club, the combination of a head memberhaving a cruciformrecess in its rear edge, the branches of the recess being of V crosssection, the walls thereof being outwardly curved, the bottoms of thebranches of the recess being in the same vertical plane, and an integralcruciform weight fitting the said recess, the inner edges of the arms ofthe weight being in the same vertical plane and their sides beinginwardly curved to fit the outwardly curved walls of the recess, theouter side of the weight being conformed to complement the rear side ofthe head. p

2. In a golf club, the combination of a head member having a cruciformrecess in its rear edge, the branches of the recess being of V crosssection, the walls thereof being outwardly curved, and, an integralcruciform Weight fitting the said? recess, the sidesof the arms beinginwardly curved. to fit the outwardly curved walls of the recess.

3'. In a golf club, the combination of a head member having horizontalaincll vertical V-shapecl recesses in its rear edge, the Walls of therecesses being outwardly curved, the bottoms being".- in these-meVertical plane, and an integral cruciform Weight fitting in saidrecesses and having its inner sides curvecli to correspond to the curve01:

therecess walls, the horizontal arms of the weight being tapered from acentral point 15 Walls of the recesses being outwardly 20 curvect, andan integral cruciform Weight fitting 1n SiUCl recesses and having itsinner sides curved to correspond to the curve of the recess walls;

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT C. LINK;

